Marrakech: and tale of a Groovy Room bookcase styling
on Nov 6, 2009 in Design/Decor Guesthouse Home It started out as a sad little bookcase. Rickety, made out of plywood. Alone, it had no friends. It wrote in to the lady who ran the local home makeover show (umm...upstairs). Please, it said, Do something:-( And this is...

Marrkech; and a Zid Zid Kids tale of ghosts and goblins.....
on Nov 4, 2009 in Life Stuff Oh, I know it's late. But it's taken me a few days to recover enough to tell the frightening tale... The day had turned into night by the time we climbed in the car. We were traveling across Marrakech to...

Marrakech: and a tale of my curious Halloween garb
on Nov 2, 2009 in Fashion Lifestyle There was something about the vintage Moroccan caftan. sheer and covered with gold embroidery...... that made me want to dress up for Halloween like a cross between Talitha Getty and Mata Hari. oh my. Antique Yemeni headcarf, vintage collar necklace.

Marrakech: and a tale of the crabby antidote
on Oct 30, 2009 in Life Lifestyle Here's hoping your weekend is filled with.... young color Simple pleasures and scary pancakes Find beauty everywhere you go. Happy Halloween!

Kashmir, India: a beautiful girl and a little tale
on Oct 27, 2009 in Culture Travel I had met her at a wedding in Kashmir. She was a guest. I was a stranger taking photographs. I noticed her because she was a live wire --I could feel her electricity from across the room. We sat together...

A Marrakech tale: or a peek at a corner in my home
on Oct 25, 2009 in Design/Decor Guesthouse Life I piled them up. The family photos. And then I started hanging, with no plan...no plan at all. Along the way I added little things from the garden. And magic numbers here and there. And some treasures from my desk...

Marrakech: and a tale of...eek, the final French TV ad on Marrakech -- our 25 seconds of fame
on Oct 21, 2009 in Culture In the media Marrakesh Psst, you see we were actually not in 1 French TV commercial promoting Marrakech, but 3 Each had 15 seconds that were the same and 10 seconds that were different. Here's one promoting Nouvelles Frontieres Resort in Marrakech. This was...

Marrakech: a tale of the French television commercial that we were really in
on Oct 19, 2009 in Culture In the media Marrakesh Travel Jemma el fnaa Marrakech Marrakesh Moroccan Morocco television tourism Oh my. Do you remember the French television commercial my family and I were in, shot just a few weeks ago to promote tourism to Marrakech? Well, it's out! Voila..... the extracts (about 1/2 the commercial) sent to me by...

Marrakech: and a tale of the sucker punch
on Oct 15, 2009 in Building Life After she had kiss kissed me on both cheeks, after she had exclaimed about my outfit, after she had asked about my haircut. That's when she got to the point: So...are you ever going to finish that place of yours?...

Kashmir, India: and the tale of the pashmina embroiderer
on Oct 13, 2009 in Culture Travel It was in Kashmir. Yes, again Kashmir. That place that haunts my dreams by day. He was quiet. The glint of his silver needle darting in and out and in and out. He had been embroidering the shawl, the one...